Ampelosaurus

Say it am-pel-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘vineyard lizard’.

Ampelosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 15 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Cretaceous71 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in: France
Named by: Le Loeuff (1995)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia

Where Ampelosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Isisaurus Late Cretaceous
Magyarosaurus Late Cretaceous
Neuquensaurus Late Cretaceous
Alamosaurus Late Cretaceous
Nemegtosaurus Late Cretaceous
Opisthocoelicaudia Late Cretaceous
Saltasaurus Late Cretaceous
Dreadnoughtus Late Cretaceous

Source: Ampelosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.